Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Men's language is as their lives.

Men's language is as their lives.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

When war begins, then hell openeth.

When war begins, then hell openeth.